Page 6: Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt in the year 1879.   

Jun 28   Sigurd von Koch, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 30   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods in the year 1879.   

Jun 30   On this day in history walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)   

Jul 01   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples on this day in history.   

Jul 01   Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) in the year 1879.   

Jul 03   In the year 1879 philippe Gaubert, composer   

Jul 04   Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony in the year 1879.   

Jul 05   Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup on this day in history.   

Jul 06   Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   In the year 1879 jacob Weinberg, composer   

Jul 08   On this day in history uSS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic.   

Jul 09   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1879 friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh   

Jul 10   On this day in history harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)   

Jul 17   On this day in history 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

Jul 17   In the year 1879 the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

Jul 19   On this day in history doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.   

Jul 19   Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI) in the year 1879.   

Jul 22   On this day in history gustaf Heintze, composer   

Jul 27   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

Jul 27   Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) on this day in history.   

Aug 04   On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

Aug 05   First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights on this day in history.   

Aug 06   On this day in history joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)   

Aug 07   On this day in history j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

Aug 07   In the year 1879 the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

Aug 08   On this day in history emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader   

Aug 12   1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) on this day in history.   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   On this day in history the Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup.   

Aug 13   On this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun)   

Aug 15   On this day in history ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)   

Aug 16   Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise) in the year 1879.   

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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   In the year 1879 birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 in the year 1879.   

Jan 16   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.   

Feb 11   In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 in the year 1879.